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AdmittedStudentsOurDecisions 5 - 03 Apr 2009 - Main.LaurenRosenberg
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| | Our Experiences at Admitted Students Day
This topic is meant to be a documentation of what we experienced at our admitted students day, how we made our decisions to come here. It is pulled from the discussion here, and should serve as a basis for a discussion on how admitted students day can improve. For the specific issue of choosing CLS over a public state school, see here. | | |
-- AndrewCase - 02 Apr 2009 | |
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< | In my opinion, the admitted students event experiences should not be different based upon where it is you're choosing between. I think that the most helpful people I spoke to were the forthright ones who knew that they can't really compare their law school to other schools (since they don't attend them and only know superficial information that the admitted students also know). People will make their own decisions based upon their perceptions at each school; all we can do is try to provide an accurate representation of Columbia's academic life, student organizations, and faculty. On the other hand, telling individuals why Columbia is better than say, NYU, makes it seem like we are trying to prove something. I've always adopted the cliche, honesty is the best policy; we don't want people attending our law school for the wrong reasons (because someone convinced them at admitted students day) and later despising this atmosphere. If we let them know what exactly it is that Columbia offers, then students can make the best choices for themselves. Sometimes that will mean choosing Columbia over "higher prestige" schools (and sometimes it will mean the opposite), sometimes it will mean convincing someone that law school is the right decision for them, and hopefully it will always mean an accurate explanation of the competitive nature of law students.
-- LaurenRosenberg - 02 Apr 2009
I think the role of students in the admissions process is not to sell the merits of the school, but instead to demonstrate that the students at Columbia are honest, friendly, outgoing, level-minded thinkers. Admissions explicitly tells us that Admits judge our school based on how "cool" we appear to be. In order to guarantee a good performance, admissions supplies free wine and fancy finger food which, in contrast with the long hours of reading and Famiglia pizza we are used to, puts us in an amicable mood. From my experience with Admits, the substance of what a current student tells them is not nearly as important as how that current student carries him or herself.
Admissions does not need us to lie, they just need us to show up.
-- AlexanderUballez - 02 Apr 2009
I think these comments are valuable, but probably belong under the original topic, where people are discussing what admitted students day should be. Here I am hoping to create a document about what we actually experienced, and how we made our decisions. From that we will at least have something to work with in terms of critique. Re-iterating that we 'ought to be honest' is good-natured, but is not concrete. |
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